Cleaning up rear rotted 'skirts' on camper...
Literally Drivers side 06/08/14 Passenger Side 07/23/14 Last thing yesterday, swept up our rear driver side skirt or rear wing. After putting it off for way too long- forced to start the...
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And camper back on its feet.
Details...which is consuming more time than rebuilding the wing.
Reinstalled the jack brackets after prepping for repaint. Waiting a few days-lightly re-snug all the bolts, letting the putty set. Then paint the jacks brackets & bolts. Caulking everything will be last step.
Got the cabinet door back on. Our door doesnt have hinges-simple interlocking lips on the aluminum. A single screw holds it in place but over the years the slot wallowed and door would drop 1/4".
Simply redrilled, moved screw, snug screw to mark door and cut new slot. Been on the round to it a few years.
Reapplied the vinyl Filon seam trim. Found some real 3M double sided tape hanging on the shelf at Autozone. I had thought I would need to cut upper wall filon higher to remove wing and need to replace the trim piece. One good source for the trim that NRALIFR linked on his skirt rebuild is Brandsport. But ended up not having to recut I could reinstall the original piece. The 3M tape is awesome. Removing the old tape wasnt...I can see a lot of used for the 3m tape. One will be to mount new LED marker lights on the skirts.
What Im doing today is adding the aluminum sheet to back side of wing. Ive put this off for a few days because my original plan wont work. Idea was to add the sheet and fold so inside corner is covered.
Which is why I didnt just add before installing the skirt. Dang-it
Our tank cover is screwed to skirt back. Though that's the mess I wanted to cover after 1st screw was installed realized I needed to rethink the backing...as I need to access the screws if I ever change valves again or need to access the tank....
Details...which is consuming more time than rebuilding the wing.
Reinstalled the jack brackets after prepping for repaint. Waiting a few days-lightly re-snug all the bolts, letting the putty set. Then paint the jacks brackets & bolts. Caulking everything will be last step.
Got the cabinet door back on. Our door doesnt have hinges-simple interlocking lips on the aluminum. A single screw holds it in place but over the years the slot wallowed and door would drop 1/4".
Simply redrilled, moved screw, snug screw to mark door and cut new slot. Been on the round to it a few years.
Reapplied the vinyl Filon seam trim. Found some real 3M double sided tape hanging on the shelf at Autozone. I had thought I would need to cut upper wall filon higher to remove wing and need to replace the trim piece. One good source for the trim that NRALIFR linked on his skirt rebuild is Brandsport. But ended up not having to recut I could reinstall the original piece. The 3M tape is awesome. Removing the old tape wasnt...I can see a lot of used for the 3m tape. One will be to mount new LED marker lights on the skirts.
What Im doing today is adding the aluminum sheet to back side of wing. Ive put this off for a few days because my original plan wont work. Idea was to add the sheet and fold so inside corner is covered.
Which is why I didnt just add before installing the skirt. Dang-it
Our tank cover is screwed to skirt back. Though that's the mess I wanted to cover after 1st screw was installed realized I needed to rethink the backing...as I need to access the screws if I ever change valves again or need to access the tank....
